HAPPENING NOW: Native Holiday Gift Fair @ Duwamish Longhouse

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(WSB photos)
Potential gifts you won’t find anywhere else await you right now at the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse in West Seattle; it’s Day 1 of the three-day Native Holiday Gift Fair. Above, Vashon Island-based Shotridge Studios‘ offerings include laptop sleeves and phone cases by Tlingit master carver/artist Israel Shotridge; below, artist Margie Morris is at work during the fair, adding designs to drums:

While you’re there, get your copy(ies) of the West Seattle Wildlife Calendar, with photos by Mark Wangerin (you’ve seen his wondrous bird photos here on WSB). It’s a benefit for Chief Sealth International High School environmental programs, and students are helping sell them – Elaine was on duty when we stopped by:

No admission charge at the Longhouse, which is also a cultural center, but if you want to support the tribe’s fight for federal recognition, “Stand With The Duwamish Tribe” T-shirts are being sold too:

You can also buy snacks/lunch while there. The fair continues until 4 pm today, 10 am-4 pm tomorrow and Sunday, at 4705 W. Marginal Way SW (turn into the parking lot from the west side

Kathy November 27, 2015 (4:06 pm)

The Duwamish Longhouse is a wonderful space and I am sorry to have missed this event. I would like to add a sidebar here: Could we make the Duwamish Longhouse easier to get to on foot or by bike so that you don’t have to drive and park a car to participate in events there? There are no sidewalks on the two long blocks just north of the Longhouse. The West Duwamish Trail is on the other (east) side of West Marginal Way but there is no way to cross the road safely from the trail and Herring’s House Park to the Longhouse. You have to jump over the railroad bed and cross 4 lanes of speeding traffic. I have thought about submitting an application for a Neighborhood Park and Street Fund grant for better pedestrian and bicycle access at this location but I am afraid it would exceed the $90,000 limit.